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A review by embattista13
Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress by Dai Sijie
emotional
reflective
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? N/A
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.0
There's really nice imagery and moments where descriptions of what's going on are very well written—poetically. But it didn't take up too much of the book which I personally appreciated.
The ending surprised me a bit, there wasn't any earlier foreshadowing to it occurring and the author just explained it away by basically saying: "actually, they remembered that xyz happened so it makes sense that the ending happened". But those xyz never actually occurred in the book... Furthermore, I wanted to see a more significant impact of the forbidden books impacting the characters, but it didn't come across like there was.
Overall, not my most interesting read, but still a story to appreciate. You'll enjoy it if you like stories that don't have a plot-driven goal and rather just detail stories of the day-to-day.
The ending surprised me a bit, there wasn't any earlier foreshadowing to it occurring and the author just explained it away by basically saying: "actually, they remembered that xyz happened so it makes sense that the ending happened". But those xyz never actually occurred in the book... Furthermore, I wanted to see a more significant impact of the forbidden books impacting the characters, but it didn't come across like there was.
Overall, not my most interesting read, but still a story to appreciate. You'll enjoy it if you like stories that don't have a plot-driven goal and rather just detail stories of the day-to-day.
Content Warnings
Minor: Sexual content